Inside Athletics

1997 NAU Athletics Hall of Fame Class

Hamblin Pratt

(Football/Basketball/Track, 1930-34)

Hamblin Pratt was a true iron
man. He earned a total of nine varsity letters in three
sports for Northern Arizona University then known as Arizona State
Teachers College. He was the starting center on the football
team and at times lined up at defensive tackle. He also
served as center and team captain for the basketball squad.
He played for two Hall of Fame coaches in Rudy Lavik and Aaron
McCreary. Pratt was the school's first Homecoming King
elected by the student body. After college, he taught and
coached, and later served in World War II. After retiring
from the U.S. Veterans Administration, he developed the Katherine's
Landing recreational area near Davis Dam on the Colorado River.